Autograph letter signed Caruso".

Caruso, Enrico, Italian operatic tenor (1873-1921).

Verlag: Monte Carlo, 17. III. 1915

Beschreibung

Small 8vo. 3 pp. Minor loss to two corners, pinholes in upper margin. On Hôtel de Paris" stationery. With the original envelope, with cancelled 25-centime postage stamp. [.] I have already given two performances of Aida with spectacular success. Life is very busy, despite all the wounded soldiers in the streets. The impresario from the Colon in Buenos Aires who is negotiating with me came by boat from Napoli to Genoa, and within two days I signed a contract for 10 performances at 35,000 francs each. [.]." The autograph letter signed, Caruso," is addressed to cellist Enrico M. Scognamillo, in Italian, thanking for the clothing sent to Caruso's son Enrico ("Mimmi"). The letter is written on a folded sheet with third page written vertically across interior pages with minor loss to two corners, pinholes in upper margin. With the original envelope, with cancelled 25-centime postage stamp.In the letter Caruso is reporting two successful performances in Aida, noting the presence of wounded soldiers in the streets, stating that he has been contracted to perform in Buenos Aires, and giving travel dates. Caruso became the most celebrated and highest paid of his contemporaries worldwide. He made recordings of about 200 operatic excerpts and songs; many of them are still being published. His voice was sensuous, lyrical, and vigorous in dramatic outbursts and became progressively darker in timbre in his later years. Its appealing tenor qualities were unusually rich in lower registers and abounded in warmth, vitality, and smoothness.Enrico Scognamillo was a close friend of the tenor. In December 1923 New York newspapers are reporting on a legal battle, Scognamillo s widow fought a legal battle with against Caruso s manager, for a third of the profits received by Mr. Coppicus from the Caruso engagements. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 80584

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Autograph letter signed Caruso".

Verlag: Monte Carlo, 17. III. 1915

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers